Negative information hoarding in politically connected firms: The influence from the central environmental protection inspections
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Political connections; Stock price crash risk; Environmental inspections; Campaign-style enforcement;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
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